Got out to ride with the boys today. Buddy, Peaches, BL Rich, Les (international man of mystery), Kurtee, Leo (dem phucking guys) and Michigan Matt. They were doing a classic 4 park ride, I ended up doing just 2 parks and was totally destroyed.
About 2 hours into the ride we were talking about Niners and their sizing. My niner is about a year old. I'll be honest I have been telling everyone who asks for about a year that I ride a large niner with a 90mm stem to keep the weight balanced.
Today I had just finished saying that my frame was a Large, when Peaches looked at me kinda funny. "you sure man?" he asked. "Of course I'm sure I know what frame I ride." Peaches smiled and commented, " you know there's a "M" on your frame that indicates that in fact you are riding a Medium." He laughed at me.
I looked down and sure enough, I ride a size medium niner. Wow, who knew? I am such an ass.
A little over an hour into our ride we stopped for the traditional re-hydration break. I will admit I usually love to partake in these. However, in the last month or so with a lot of stress abounding in my life I was starting to show some unhealthy drinking habits. Not unhealthy like drinking at work, or going nuts and yelling at Diane, but unhealthy like drinking pretty much everyday. A few weeks ago after a hot ride I slammed a bottle of Chimay after a ride, and did not get a buzz. I also noticed the more stressed I was, the more likely to pop a beer. With my family history, I thought it best to just dry out a little bit.
I have to admit, I like being a "two can sam" or a cheap date. Maybe one of Buddy's sweet home brews with coax me back onto the wagon.
Anyway, even though I didn't do the entire 4 parker today, I was pretty destroyed in the 2 hours or so that I did. Those guys can ride some damn bikes.
respect
fm
6 comments:
wait!? didn't you race ironhill?
this may be "tmi", but i was going through the same thing in the past few months....going through BOTTLES of wine, throwing back the brews. and i completely understand when you were saying 'the more stressed, the more you drank'. i can SO relate. anyway, don't know why i'm telling you this...other than to relate to you, my dear b-i-l.
i suddenly hear UB40
Marc: Its a large baby..
Baby: Well maybe its cold out but that looks like a medium
Roughly 110 days until cross, right? Moderation with everything.
Dianne thought it was a small
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